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...hockey mask turned up outside of sport, too: a mask much like Plante's original design is worn by serial killer Jason Voorhees beginning in the third movie ofthe Friday the 13th franchise, part of an attempt by filmmakers to make Voorhees seem more imposing and frightening. But masks today are more likely to resemble canvases than serial killer attire. As mask sizes grew and became more elaborate, goalies started creating their own designs, producing elaborate artwork to inspire their team or intimidate the opponent. Goalie Gerry Cheevers decorated his mask with stitches every time it got hit during...
...this would seem strange to the first generation of goalies, many of whom needed dozens of stitches after games to close lacerations from sticks and pucks. But in case any are brave or foolhardy enough to long for the days of gashed cheeks and broken bones, there's still hope. While the NHL has required all players wear helmets beginning with the draft class of 1979, there's still no rule forcing goalies to wear masks...
...into a funny story is the kind of sharp, dark end of the movie. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but I'm a bit of a conspiracy theorist when it comes to the whole Barney thing because I think [the U.S. military] deliberately disseminated it to make torture seem funny. I think they saw an opportunity and went with it. That's exactly the kind of thing that psyops [Psychological Operations] does and I think everybody fell for it. And not just the American media, but the British media. The newspaper I work for, which is the Guardian...
...good news is that so far, [swine flu] is no worse than the seasonal flu... the population of undergraduates, students seem to be managing well.” Robert J. Blendon, professor of Health Policy and Political Analysis at the Harvard School of Public Health defended the importance of studying unreported flu cases in an interview this week, saying that they could be important in raising public awareness...
...scene may seem eerily familiar, especially since the rally was held in front of the very offices Barack Obama's campaign used last year in this northwest Virginia town. But the rally in Leesburg on Sunday was for the Republican gubernatorial nominee Bob McDonnell; the speakers included attorney general nominee Ken Cuccinelli (the leader of the "Yes, we can" chant) and Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling ("Help is on the way"). And while the tone may have sounded reminiscent of Obama's stirring rallies of a year ago, the platform couldn't have been more conservative. "This has been a campaign...